Beyond the organisational boundaries: identifying external barriers to patient-centred healthcare knowledge sharing

This paper reports on a secondary analysis of a previously completed case study that aimed to investigate knowledge sharing (KS) in Chinese hospitals. Specifically, the secondary analysis aims to identify, qualify and theorise external barriers that prevent and hinder patient-centred KS in healthcare organisations. The analysis revealed that healthcare KS is strongly influenced and hindered by five external barriers: social belief and preference, the influences of Chinese culture traits, healthcare education structure, political decisions, and economic environment and constraints. Moreover, the findings suggest that these external barriers cannot be overlooked in KS implementation and operation in healthcare organisations and should be carefully assessed beginning in the early stages of KS design and strategic planning. Based on the secondary analysis, this paper proposes a preliminary conceptual model that can be adopted as a theoretical basis for more focused investigations in future studies

The research trend of open government data utilization: A systematic review

The open government data (OGD) movement has stimulated the opening and sharing of government data significantly. Data use, reuse and distribution, as well as value creation, is the next vital step in the global OGD movement. Summarizing current research progress of OGD utilization would lay a foundation for follow-up research and provide theoretical support for future practice. This poster conducted a systematic review on OGD utilization research mainly based on research articles, while other document types (e.g., important scientific reports) were also considered to demonstrate a more holistic scenario. The research trends of OGD utilization were summarized and future research directions were proposed based on research results. This poster revealed three research tendencies in OGD utilization studies. First, previous OGD utilization study was driven by the supply side, while current study tends to motivated by the demand side. Second, previous OGD utilization study was normally conducted from a macro viewpoint, while fine-grained research is more preferred currently. Third, previous research paid more attention on data usage by government departments, while data usage by the public attracts an increasing amount of attention currently. Several research topics are worth researching in the further, i.e the value of OGD utilization, diverse contexts for OGD utilization and solid support measures for OGD utilization

How policy tools utilized in open data policies in China

The aim of this poster is to investigate which policy tools are used in open data policies in China. 98 Chinese national open data policy documents were investigated in this research. We found that Chinese open data policies em- phasized on the use of environmental and supply-oriented policy tools, with par- ticular attention to information support, regulations and standards. However, the use of demand-side policy tools was insufficient, and the combination of policy tools remained to be optimized. This poster provides suggestions for the improve- ment of open data policies in the future

“The Great Data Revolution”: Breaking Barriers to Opening Government Data in China

This poster reports on a research study that aims to identify and overcome barriers that hinder the release of open government data (OGD) in China. Specifically, this poster demonstrates initial findings drawn from a critical literature review. 15 barriers were identified and emerged in three themes: institutional barriers, data integrity and quality barriers, and user participation barriers. This poster presents one of the early research efforts investigating the problems of releasing OGD in China

Towards digital scholarship services in China’s university libraries

Purpose - This paper reports on a literature review with the aim to establish a guiding framework for the development of digital scholarship services in China’s university libraries. Design/methodology/approach - The framework was developed through systematically searching, screening, assessing, coding, and aggregating digital scholarship services as reported in the existing body of literature. Three types of literature were included in the analysis: (1) international academic literature as reported in English; (2) academic literature in Chinese; and (3) relevant professional reports. Findings - The literature analysis pointed to 25 different digital scholarship services, which emerged in six themes: supporting services, formulating research ideas, locating research partners, writing proposals, conducting research, and publishing results. Originality/value - Although this literature review focused on university libraries in China, the research findings and the guiding framework developed provide useful insights and indications that can be shared across international borders.Non

How International is Your LIS/IS Program in the Global Higher Education Era?

Internationalization is a critical issue in LIS/IS education and the LIS/IS profession. This panel assembles educators from various continents to discover their experiences and to address the following issues: International students should comprise what percentage of a student body in order to adequately represent the spectrum of disciplines that are critical to contemporary LIS/IS schools? International faculty members should comprise what percentage of a faculty in order to adequately represent the spectrum of disciplines that are critical to contemporary LIS/IS schools? How international must a curriculum be in order to adequately prepare graduates for the challenges of the rapidly changing information environment of the future? How do our panelists build beneficial partnerships with international professional stakeholders? How do our panelists ensure the quality of LIS education from an international perspective

Finishing the euchromatic sequence of the human genome

The sequence of the human genome encodes the genetic instructions for human physiology, as well as rich information about human evolution. In 2001, the International Human Genome Sequencing Consortium reported a draft sequence of the euchromatic portion of the human genome. Since then, the international collaboration has worked to convert this draft into a genome sequence with high accuracy and nearly complete coverage. Here, we report the result of this finishing process. The current genome sequence (Build 35) contains 2.85 billion nucleotides interrupted by only 341 gaps. It covers ∼99% of the euchromatic genome and is accurate to an error rate of ∼1 event per 100,000 bases. Many of the remaining euchromatic gaps are associated with segmental duplications and will require focused work with new methods. The near-complete sequence, the first for a vertebrate, greatly improves the precision of biological analyses of the human genome including studies of gene number, birth and death. Notably, the human enome seems to encode only 20,000-25,000 protein-coding genes. The genome sequence reported here should serve as a firm foundation for biomedical research in the decades ahead

Beyond the organisational boundaries: identifying external barriers to patient-centred healthcare knowledge sharing

This paper reports on a secondary analysis of a previously completed case study that aimed to investigate knowledge sharing (KS) in Chinese hospitals. Specifically, the secondary analysis aims to identify, qualify and theorise external barriers that prevent and hinder patient-centred KS in healthcare organisations. The analysis revealed that healthcare KS is strongly influenced and hindered by five external barriers: social belief and preference, the influences of Chinese culture traits, healthcare education structure, political decisions, and economic environment and constraints. Moreover, the findings suggest that these external barriers cannot be overlooked in KS implementation and operation in healthcare organisations and should be carefully assessed beginning in the early stages of KS design and strategic planning. Based on the secondary analysis, this paper proposes a preliminary conceptual model that can be adopted as a theoretical basis for more focused investigations in future studies

The survival and development of UK public libraries under the global financial crisis

This paper discusses the survival and development of the public libraries in UK under the currentglobal financial crisis,as well as the severe problems of public funding cuts,public library closures,staff loss and significant decrease in service quality.N/